Lynnmor wrote:
12 Volt using solar in boats might be fine, there aren't many trees to block the sun. Here in Penn's Woods, many campsites are surrounded by trees. There is a lot of energy in a propane bottle, no need generate it.
- Absorption fridges don't like working at elevation - we sometimes stay at 10-11K
- Absorption fridges don't like working off-level - we often park our rig and leave it, fridge on, without leveling, sometimes on very unlevel surfaces
- Absorption fridges are much more prone to catching fire than compressors
- Absorption fridges are much less reliable and more subject to ambient conditions
- We camp in wooded areas often, but have never been unable to find a suitable location for solar
I see many benefits to running a compressor fridge over an absorption one, for my use-case. I suppose it depends on how you camp.
We used absorption fridges for 3-4 years, in three different trailers, and for about a month recently in our TC while we waited to find a place to ship a compressor unit to. Compressor units are better in every way, as long as you have a suitably sized solar array and battery bank to run them if boondocking.